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Nine years later, the New York Knicks are still unable to win at the home of the Dallas Mavericks.

Josh Howard scored 19 points, Jason Kidd added 16, and the Mavericks went ahead despite a discreet German Dirk Nowitzki to win 99-94 on Thursday to the Knicks.


The Mavericks have beaten the Knicks nine times in a row in Dallas. New York has not won at home for the Mavs since 16 December 1999 when it was imposed by 100-93.

At that time, the Mavs were playing about three miles from Reunion Arena, home today.


Nowitzki, the fourth best scorer in the NBA, three successful field of 13 shots and added 10 points, just two above its lowest contribution of the season.

"You have to erase your hard drive and become a scorer," Kidd said about his own performance of the night. "I had a basket that failed, but failed to tell kids not to continue shooting."


Nowitzki said of Kidd: "He made several good shots," and added: "Basically it just stopped all night and encestó some shots for us."

Nowitzki failed to change their last seven shots.


"In the end, did not have a great rhythm to shoot the ball," said "I could do when I was still some assistance."

One of the assists from Nowitzki gave Dallas the ultimate advantage. Kidd found an open shot to 7.3 meters (24 feet) that put the Mavericks ahead 87-86 with 5:44 minutes to play.


Antoine Wright had 13 points, Brandon Bass added 12 and Jason Terry added 10 for the Mavericks.

Also for the cause of the Mavs, the Puerto Rican JJ Barea scored seven points, to hit three of his seven shots in the field. Added two rebounds and three assists in 16:22 minutes.


New York, David Lee added 13 points and 15 rebounds.

The Knicks rightly 25% of their shots in the final quarter. In the last 2:18 minutes, missed his six shots.


"What makes this frustrating is that we are playing very good basketball against some of the best teams in the NBA," said Lee. "Left behind, that's frustrating."

In the other match of the night, Tim Duncan had a bad night but the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Clippers.


Frenchman Tony Parker scored 19 points and Argentine Manu Ginóbili added 13 as a reserve for the Spurs crushed by the Clippers 106-84.

The Spurs signed up its ninth victory in the last 10 commitments, while Tim Duncan had a contribution of just eight points.

Ginobili was right four of nine shots in play and made four free in 25:32 minutes of action, which also included four rebounds, five assists and a foul.

The Clippers have lost nine duels in a row, the worst streak in the NBA this season.

Los Angeles had a nine-point advantage in the second quarter and a half for the time, but was overtaken by the Spurs by 31-15 in endorsements in the last period and a total of 63-40 in the second half.

"The defense improved as the game progressed and that prompted the offensive," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, whose team recorded 16 points in the last quarter, which reached a lead of 24 points.

"In the second half rightly fired everything," said Eric Gordon. "We have to change the way we do our game, how to play better defense."

San Antonio (24-11), who has won three matches in a row, has an advantage and a half game over New Orleans, the second in the Southwest Division.

Roger Mason added 18 units for the Spurs, Michael Finley added 15 and Matt Bonner scored 11.

Although Duncan did not reach double-digit figures in points or rebounds (four), led the Spurs with nine assists in 32 minutes.

The Clippers (8-27), had contributions of 21 points from Gordon and Al Thornton. Mady Collins added 16.

The Clippers, hit by injuries, have had to do with Baron Davis, Chris Kaman and Zach Randolph. The lack of equipment was left to see the end.

"Playing without some member means you must leave some hurt in the long minutes and I had to do that with some of the guys," coach Mike Dunleavy said. "I just gave back about five minutes remaining."